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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of famed New York Yankees player Bill
4"Moose" Skowron of Schaumburg, who passed away on April 27,
52012; and
 
6    WHEREAS, William Joseph Skowron was born on December 18,
71930, in Chicago; he went to Purdue on a football scholarship
8and played halfback, punted, and place-kicked; he became a
9collegiate star in baseball, playing shortstop and pitching;
10the Yankee organization signed him in 1950 after he won the Big
11Ten batting championship; and
 
12    WHEREAS, He made his Yankee debut in 1954; his best season
13was 1960, when he hit .309 with 26 home runs, then hit .375
14with 2 homers against Pittsburgh in the World Series; playing
15for the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Washington Senators, the
16White Sox, and the California Angels, he had 1,566 career hits,
17888 runs batted in, and a .282 batting average; and
 
18    WHEREAS, He was known for a scowl and a muscular frame that
19presumably intimidated opposing pitchers, he hit 211 home runs
20in 14 major league seasons and batted .300 five times as a
21Yankee; he played for Managers Casey Stengel and Ralph Houk on
22Yankee teams that won 4 World Series; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, He was named an All-Star every season from 1957 to
21961 with the Yankees and again in 1965 with the Chicago White
3Sox; he was at his best in the World Series, hitting 8 home
4runs and driving in 29 runs in 39 games; in 1956, he hit a grand
5slam to help propel the Yankees to a Game 7 victory over the
6Brooklyn Dodgers; in 1958, he drove in the eventual winning run
7in Game 6 against the Milwaukee Braves, then hit a 3-run homer
8in the Yankees' Game 7 triumph; and
 
9    WHEREAS, After retiring as a player, he held sales and
10promotional jobs, and he was a community affairs representative
11for the Chicago White Sox until his passing; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Bill "Moose" Skowron is survived by his wife,
13Lorraine, known as Cookie; his daughter, Lynnette Skowron
14Morgan; his sons, Steve and Greg; his brother, Edward; and 4
15grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
18his family, friends, and New York Yankee fans, the passing of
19Bill "Moose" Skowron; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to the family of Bill "Moose" Skowron as a symbol of

 

 

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1our sincere sympathy.